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Three pewter tankards: ‘The Charter, No Surrender’

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Ernest Jones’ funeral – the last Chartist rally

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Friend of the People – into the 1850s

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Labour Parliament 1854

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Monster meeting on Kennington Common, 10 April 1848

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London convention and assembly 1848

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Teetotal Chartism

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Fifth national petition 1851

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